| Scott Sinclair | |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada |
| Office: | MLA for Lesser Slave Lake |
| Term Start: | May 29, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Pat Rehn |
| Party: | UCP |
| Honorific Suffix: | MLA |
Scott Sinclair (born September 12, 1984) is a United Conservative Party MLA representing the Alberta riding of Lesser Slave Lake and succeeding outgoing MLA Pat Rehn.[1]
Sinclair is the son of Gordon and Val Sinclair.[2] [3] He played major junior hockey in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) with the Estevan Bruins, Lloydminster Blazers and Yorkton Terriers, winning a league championship in the 2004–05 season with Yorkton.[4] He is Non-status First Nations, and one of three Indigenous MLAs elected in the 2023 election.[5] [6] He works in the auto glass business.
Sinclair is First Nation and was the UCP’s only Indigenous candidate in the 2023 election.[7]
February 25–26, 2023[8]
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Scott Sinclair | 230 | 42.0 | 235 | 45.7 | 246 | 50.5 | ||
| Martine Carifelle | 231 | 42.2 | 231 | 44.9 | 241 | 49.5 | ||
| Jerrad Cunningham | 47 | 8.6 | 48 | 9.3 | Eliminated | |||
| Silas Yellowknee | 40 | 7.3 | Eliminated | |||||
| Total | 548 | 100.00 | 514 | 100.00 | 487 | 100.00 | ||